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J. L. BARNS.

CLOTHES BASKET. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1919.

1,303,231 Patented May 13, 1919.

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Specification of team Patent. t t May 13,1 1

Application filed February 21. 1919. Serial No. 278,457.

d To all whom. it may concern:

.Be it known: that I, 1' JEssIaL. .BARNS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing atgSt. Clair, in the county of Franklin and State otMissou-ri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Baskets, of

which the tollowlng is a-- specification.

This invention relates to clothes baskets and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a clothes basket of simple and durable structure and one in which handle and runner members of special design and structure are provided.

Each handle is made from a single strip or piece of material having relativebroad end portions which are inserted between the inner and outer bands of the body of the basket. The said broad portions are provided with transversely disposed recesses which receive the inner band whereby the handle is securely held in place upon the body of the basket.

The runner member extends longitudinally of the body of the basket and is trans versely thinned at its end portions. The runner member extends under the bottom of the body of the basket and the thinned end portions are tucked or woven in the end walls or sides of the body of the basket. The thinned end portions begin at points within the edges of the bottom of the basket and extend around the lower edges and up in the ends. The thicker portion of the runner men'iber lies under the intermediate 7 portion of the bottom of the basket and consequently the bottom is effectually braced and the edges of the bottom are held in shape and the runner member is braced in its position upon the bottom of the body of the basket.

In the accompanying drawing;

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the clothes basket.

Fig. 2 is a detailed the handle.

Fig. 3 member.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawin the body of the basket is composed of longitudinally disposed strips 1 and transversely disposed strips 2. These strips are interwoven with each other at the bottom of the basket in a usual manner and are extended from the bottom up into the sides perspective View of is a snnilar view of the runner and of thebasket where they are secured by an 1ntertwined strip or strips .3.

Thenpper. edges ofthe. sides: and ends of the body of the basket are bound by. inner and outer bands 4: in a usual manner.

Runner strips 5 are applied to the bottom the body of thebasket and extend lonpigitudinally thereof. The runner strips are thickest vertically at their intermediate portions as at 6 and their end portions are thinned as at 7- The thinned end portions of the runner strips are extended up in the end walls of the body of the basket and the thinned sections or parts begin at points within the end walls of the body of the basket whereby depressions or pockets Sare formed at the edges of the end portions of the body of the basket and these pockets receive the adjacent portions of the bottom and end walls of the basket whereby the lower parts of the ends of the basket are held inshape, and'the thick portions ofthe runner strips are located under the intermediate portions of the body of the basket and hold the same elevated and in position.

They also strengthen the structure and render the runner strips sufliciently stiff or rigid at those portions which move on the floor when the basket is drawn on its bottom over the same. The said runner strips are preferably located one at each longitudinal edge of the bottom of the basket and one at a medial longitudinal dimension of the bottom. although other runner strips may be applied and employed if desired.

A handle used upon the basket is best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. One handle is applied to the upper portion of each end of the body of the basket. As the handles are alike a description of one will suffice.

Each handle is made from a single strip of material and includes a relatively thin intermediate portion 10 and relative broad end portions 11 which are angularly disposed with relation to the intermediate portion. The end portions of the handle are inserted in the end walls of the body of the basket and between the inner and outer bands 4:- The portions 11 of the handle are provided at their inner surfaces or sides with transversely disposed recesses 12 which snugly receive the inner band 4: and hence the handle is securely held in place or position' upon the body of the basket.

The end portions of the handles are gradually attenuated and the end portions of the runner strips brace the end basket as they substantially traverse the vertical height of the end Walls.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the drawing it Will be seen that a clothes basket of simple and durable structure is provided and that the same may be conveniently used for the purposes in- Having escribed the invention What is clanned 1s; i

In combination with a basket having an flopies'ot this'paten't may be. obtained for materially strengthen and Walls of the body of the ti'vely thin interln five eents each, by addressing the Washington, D. G.

upper outer and inner band, a handle made of a single strip of material, including a relaediate grip forming portion and relatively-broad end portions angularly disposed relative to said intermediate portion, the inner surfaces of said end portions having transversely disposed recesses said handle being held between said bands with said inner band held in said recesses, said end portions being gradually attenuated, as and for the purpose set forth. 25

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature.

JESSE L.- BARNS.

Commissioner of Patents, 

